North Country Ribbons
Pogamasing Suspense
After another full day on the river we made it to our campsite at Pogamasing, nestled along a bend in the river near the east end of the siding. Not satisfied with the amount of photography done over the first two days, I poked around for opportunities to do something at night. I stumbled upon this angle, set up the tripod and focus, and headed back to camp collecting firewood for dinner. Fast-forward to 05:00 hrs and CPKC's dependable hot-shot 101 is westbound on the approach to Pog. With only the sound of gently flowing water to be heard, the eerie quiet turns to faint rumblings echoing in and out of rock cuts in the damp fall air, at times disappearing for so long you wonder if its your imagination. Growing louder and louder again, the suspense finally crescendos, the train thundering around the corner amidst a blaze of fall colour, the sound now so deafening with the squealing flanges on the curve and the GEs howling that the "clear signal Pog East" is barely audible on the radio - MP 19.4 CPKC Nemegos Subdivision.
Pogamasing Suspense
After another full day on the river we made it to our campsite at Pogamasing, nestled along a bend in the river near the east end of the siding. Not satisfied with the amount of photography done over the first two days, I poked around for opportunities to do something at night. I stumbled upon this angle, set up the tripod and focus, and headed back to camp collecting firewood for dinner. Fast-forward to 05:00 hrs and CPKC's dependable hot-shot 101 is westbound on the approach to Pog. With only the sound of gently flowing water to be heard, the eerie quiet turns to faint rumblings echoing in and out of rock cuts in the damp fall air, at times disappearing for so long you wonder if its your imagination. Growing louder and louder again, the suspense finally crescendos, the train thundering around the corner amidst a blaze of fall colour, the sound now so deafening with the squealing flanges on the curve and the GEs howling that the "clear signal Pog East" is barely audible on the radio - MP 19.4 CPKC Nemegos Subdivision.